Copyholder



Jan. 20, 1953 c. w. KNOTT 2,625,903

COPYHOLDER Filed April 20, 1950 INVENTOR.

CHARLES w. 'KNOTT ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 20, 1953 COPYHOLDER Charles W.Knott, Santa Barbara, Calif., as-

signor of forty-four per cent to Fred T. Harsh, five per cent to JamesD. Harsh, and five per cent to Fred T. Harsh, J r., all of Santa BarbaraCalif.

Application April 20, 1950, Serial No. 156,985

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a copy holder and filing aid and has for itsprimary object to support copy at the eye level of a copyist and above atypewriter so as to facilitate the transcription of shorthand notes orthe copying of manuscript or the like.

Another object is to support a file basket or the like adjacent a filedrawer to enable the contents of the basket to be quickly and easilydistributed in the file drawer.

The above and other objects may be attained by employing this inventionwhich embodies among its features, a base, a pair of spaced paralleluprights carried by the base, said uprights having aligned recessesopening through the upper ends thereof, and a tie and supporting barfixed to the uprights and extending therebetween intermediate the endsthereof to form a hanger by which the device may be suspended from thehandle or the like of a file drawer.

Other features include a table, aligned trunnions fixed to the table andextending outwardly from opposite edges thereof, said trunnions beingadapted to be received in the recesses in the uprights to pivotallysupport the table on the uprights, and a notched bar pivotally connectedto the table and engaging the tie bar for holding the table at a desiredtilt.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of a copy holder and filing aid showing itmounted and ready for use by a copyist, portions of the device beingbroken away more clearly to show certain details;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the device in use as asupport for a file basket; and

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the base and uprights with the copysupporting table removed.

Referring to the drawings in detail a base designated generally lcomprises a rectangular plate l2 having attached thereto adjacent threeof its edges angle irons l4, l6 and [8, the flanges of which extendupwardly to form a shallow tray having an open front.

Extending vertically from the base It] at the corners thereof adjacentthe junctions of the angle irons l4 and IS with the angle iron l8 areuprights 20 and 22 comprising angle irons with their flanges 24 and 26at the rear of the device and extending toward one another. suspendingbar 28 is fixed at opposite ends to the uprights intermediate their endsand like the uprights comprise an angle iron. The vertical flange 30 ofthe tie and suspending bar 28 extends upwardly from the said bar andlies flush A tie and r 2 with the rear flanges 24 and 26. The flanges 2dand 26 of the uprights 20 and 22 terminate at the underside of the tiebar 28 and the portions 32 and 34 of the uprights 20- and 22 whichproject above the bar 28 are provided in their upper ends with aligningrecesses 36 and 38 respectively.

The device as thus far described may be employed to suspend a filebasket B (Figure 2) on the handle or other protrusion carried by a filedrawer to facilitate the filing of the contents of the basket B in anadjacent file drawer.

In order to use the device to hold copy at the eye level of a copyistand relieve the copyist of fatigue, I employ a table designatedgenerally 40 comprising a rectangular plate 42 carrying along onemarginal edge a copy retaining flange 45. Fixed to opposite side edgesof the plate intermediate the ends thereof are aligning trunnions 46which are entered into the recesses 35 and 38 to pivotally support thetable on the uprights 20 and 22. As shown in Figure 1 the trunnions 46are nearer the edge of the table 49 remote from the flange 44 in orderthat the flanged edge will tend to move downwardly under the influenceof gravity. In order to hold the table 40 at the desired angle, a bar 48is pivotally connected as at 50, to the plate 42 on the side oppositethat from which the flange 45 projects and between the flange 44 and thetrunnion 46. This bar is provided along its lower edge with alongitudinal row of transverse teeth 52 which engage the flange 30 ofthe tie bar 28 and hold the table 40 at the desired angle of tilt.

When the device is used as a copy holder it is placed on a table ortypewriter desk D with the base [0 resting on the top thereof and theuprights 20 and 22 extending upwardly. The trunnions 46 are then enteredin the recesses 36 and 38 to pivotally support the table on theuprights. The tilt of the table 40 may be regulated by moving the bar 48so that the edge of the flange 36 of the tie bar will be engaged by theteeth 52. With a typewriter T resting on the base if] it is evident thatthe device will be stable and that copy on the table 46 will be at theeye level of the user.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferredform of this invention, it is to be understood that minor changes in thedetails of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may beresorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the inventionas claimed.

I claim:

In a copy holder for typewriters, a flat rectangular base plate havingside and rear upstanding side flanges to support the typewriter, an openrectangular frame rising from the rear corners of said flanges, saidframe comprising side members of L-angle iron, a horizontally disposedtie elementalso of L-angle iron interconnecting said side members towardtheir upper ends, said tie element having one of its flange portionsup:- standing, said side members having one of their flange portionsextending inwardly toward each other at the rear side of said base andcutaway upwardly from immediately below said tie element and the topends of the other flange portions thereof recessed, an inclined tablehaving a flat bottom and bottom and side outstanding flanges to supportthe copy to be typed, the said bottom outstanding flange having agreater width than the said side outstanding flanges, trunnionsprojecting laterally from points slightly above the transverse centersof the latter flanges for pivotal support in said recesses, a barpivoted at REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record inthe file of, his pa ent:

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